JLPT N1 Vocabulary
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| Word | Reading | Romaji | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 大概 | たいがい | taigai | in general; mainly |
| 畜生 | ちくしょう | chikushō | beast; brute; damn |
| お早う | おはよう | ohayō | Good morning |
| 悪者 | わるもの | warumono | bad fellow; rascal; ruffian; scoundrel |
| 繁栄 | はんえい | han'ei | prospering; prosperity; thriving; flourishing |
| 飽和 | ほうわ | hōwa | saturation |
| 漏る | もる | moru | to leak; to run out |
| ゼリー | — | zerī | 1. jelly; 2. Jerry |
| 脚色 | きゃくしょく | kyakushoku | dramatization (e.g. film) |
| 叶う | かなう | kanau | to come true (wish) |
| 転換 | てんかん | tenkan | convert; divert |
| 貯蓄 | ちょちく | chochiku | savings |
| 系 | けい | kei | system; lineage; group |
| 孤児 | こじ | koji | orphan |
| 前 | せん | sen | before |
| 社宅 | しゃたく | shataku | company owned house |
| 母校 | ぼこう | bokō | alma mater |
| 短歌 | たんか | tanka | tanka; 31-syllable Japanese poem |
| アイデア | — | aidea | idea |
| エレガント | — | ereganto | elegant |
| 退ける | しりぞける | shirizokeru | to repel; to drive away |
| 形態 | けいたい | keitai | form; shape; figure |
| 特許 | とっきょ | tokkyo | special permission; patent |
| 怯える | おびえる | obieru | to become frightened; to have a nightmare |
| 動力 | どうりょく | dōryoku | power; motive power; dynamic force |
| 素朴 | そぼく | soboku | simplicity; artlessness; naivete |
| 採用 | さいよう | saiyō | use; adopt |
| 編 | へん | hen | compilation; editing; completed poem; book; part of book |
| 口頭 | こうとう | kōtō | oral |
| 電線 | でんせん | densen | electric line |
| 保育 | ほいく | hoiku | nursing; nurturing; rearing; lactation; suckling |
| 様 | さま | sama | Mr. or Mrs.; manner; kind; appearance |
| 成る丈 | なるたけ | narutake | as much as possible; if possible |
| 落とす | おとす | otosu | to drop; to lose; to let fall |
| メディア | — | media | media |
| えい | — | ei | ray (fish) |
| 給う | たまう | tamau | to receive; to grant |
| 湿気る | しける | shikeru | to be damp; to be moist |
| 共感 | きょうかん | kyōkan | sympathy; response |
| 掬う | すくう | sukū | to scoop; to ladle out |
| ペア | — | pea | pair; pear |
| ストレス | — | sutoresu | stress |
| 遣い | つかい | tsukai | mission; simple task; doing |
| 吃逆 | しゃっくり | shakkuri | hiccough; hiccup |
| 聞き取り | ききとり | kikitori | listening comprehension |
| 朗読 | ろうどく | rōdoku | reading aloud; recitation |
| ぞんざい | — | zonzai | rude; careless; slovenly |
| 休戦 | きゅうせん | kyūsen | truce; armistice |
| 転転 | てんてん | tenten | rolling about; moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly |
| 水洗 | すいせん | suisen | flushing |
| 成果 | せいか | seika | results; fruits |
| 寄与 | きよ | kiyo | contribution; service |
| 囀る | さえずる | saezuru | to sing; to chirp; to twitter |
| 黒字 | くろじ | kuroji | balance (figure) in the black |
| 詰まり | つまり | tsumari | in short; in brief; in other words; that is to say; in the long run; after all; blockade; stuffing; ultimate |
| 準ずる | じゅんずる | junzuru | to apply correspondingly; to correspond to; to be proportionate to; to conform to |
| 移住 | いじゅう | ijū | migration; immigration |
| 世帯 | せたい | setai | household |
| 吹奏 | すいそう | suisō | playing wind instruments |
| 戦闘 | せんとう | sentō | battle; fight; combat |
| 奴 | やっこ | yakko | servant; fellow |
| 情緒 | じょうしょ | jōsho | emotion; feeling |
| 類推 | るいすい | ruisui | analogy |
| 良心 | りょうしん | ryōshin | conscience |
| 危害 | きがい | kigai | injury; harm; danger |
| 甥 | おい | oi | nephew |
| 果たして | はたして | hatashite | as was expected; really |
| 唸る | うなる | unaru | to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to growl; to hum; to buzz; to sough |
| 書評 | しょひょう | shohyō | book review |
| 恵み | めぐみ | megumi | blessing |
| 首輪 | くびわ | kubiwa | necklace; choker |
| 決意 | けつい | ketsui | decision; determination |
| ワット | — | watto | watt |
| 度々 | たびたび | tabitabi | often; repeatedly; frequently |
| 対辺 | たいへん | taihen | (geometrical) opposite side |
| 何時でも | いつでも | itsudemo | (at) any time; always; at all times; never (neg); whenever |
| 依 | い | i | depending on |
| レンタカー | — | rentakā | hire car (lit: rent-a-car) |
| 酸っぱい | すっぱい | suppai | sour; acid |
| 家来 | けらい | kerai | retainer; retinue; servant |
| 推進 | すいしん | suishin | propulsion; driving force |
| 中立 | ちゅうりつ | chūritsu | neutrality |
| 何卒 | どうぞ | dōzo | please; kindly; by all means |
| オーケー | — | ōkē | OK |
| 自首 | じしゅ | jishu | surrender; give oneself up |
| 演ずる | えんずる | enzuru | to perform; to play |
| 何て | なんて | nante | how...!; what...! |
| 反り | そり | sori | warp; curvature; curve; arch |
| 拒絶 | きょぜつ | kyozetsu | refusal; rejection |
| 付き合う | つきあう | tsukiau | to associate with; to keep company with; to get on with |
| 進出 | しんしゅつ | shinshutsu | advance; step forward |
| 残金 | ざんきん | zankin | remaining money |
| 怒鳴る | どなる | donaru | to shout; to yell |
| 事項 | じこう | jikō | matter; item; facts |
| ひょっと | — | hyotto | possibly; accidentally |
| 憧れ | あこがれ | akogare | yearning; longing; aspiration |
| 源 | みなもと | minamoto | source; origin |
| 取り扱う | とりあつかう | toriatsukau | to treat; to handle; to deal in |
| 身振り | みぶり | miburi | gesture |
| 死 | し | shi | death; decease |